My God it's Full of Stars

[Tazni]

Yes you can see satilites they are bright lights that look like stars and move slowly across the sky.

Quite amusing... =]

[suzted]

call me stoopid but i always thought they were just slow moving shooting stars!! ok so now i know lol i have seen a few satalites, although i didnt realise thats what they were! i have seen quite a few shooting stars too tho. up here in orkney you get very good starry nights. we are one and a half miles outside a village so there are no street lights to spoil the sky.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by Tazni

The best place to go for sky pictures must be said to be Borneo.


When I went I was suposed to be watching a turtle giving birth.... Erm... I was more gorming at the sky there was billions of stars the sky was more white than black.

My vote is for the middle of the Namib Desert in Namibia. Countless stars plus we had venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn, and we could see gas clouds too. Amazing.

Cheers,

Adam

[petermcgain]

The best place I've ever experienced for stars was climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The air is thin and there's no pollution at 19000 feet and the stars were absolutely amazing. Apparently you can see more stars with the naked eye from the southern hemisphere than from the northern. The only trouble was because of the extreme cold and relative lack of oxygen all I really wanted to do was descend to the warmth and comfort of the hut several thousand feet below!

[suzted]

wow you've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. you lucky thing. how was it? bet it was amazing. i am so envious!

[petermcgain]

Originally Posted by suzted

wow you've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. you lucky thing. how was it? bet it was amazing. i am so envious!

Yes it was pretty amazing - but the sort of thing better for having done it rather than in the doing! Saw bearded vultures and mountain chats (but they're not part of British wildlife so I'll stop there).